Improvement in horse-detaching devices



A. SGHMITT.

H0rse-Deta0hing Device Patented Sept. 2'7, 1870.

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'IANTQNSOHMITT, or CINCINNATI, OHIO.

Latters PatentNo. 107,727, dated September 27, 1870.

VIMBROVEMQENTIN HORSE-DETACHING DEVICES...

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, ANTON. MSOHMITT, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Oluo, have invented anew and useful Horse-Detachj ing Device for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Objects of the Invention, i This invention relates .toa simple andfetfec'tive arrangement of devices whereby the occupants of a vehicle of any kind can instantaneously unhitch 'or detach the horses from the vehicle the moment they attempt to runaway, and the method by which I accomplish this desirable result will hehereafter fully described. 1

. General Description with Reference to the Drmciny.

yIigure lfis a perspective view ofmy improved.

detaching device, the various parts being shown in the position they would assume when the horses are hitched tothe vehicle.

Figure '2 is a partially sectionizcd" side elevation of the same, with the various parts shown-in their de tached condition.

. A represents a portiouof the body or bed of a wagon or-vehicle of any kind, and i B is the front axle of p the same. 7

g Secured to the front axle, by bolts I), is a T plate, 0, from whose extremity project, vertically, brackets DD, which afi'ord journal-bearings for a rock-shaft,

' E, that is armed with pins F.

These pins should have a slight rearward inclination, and they aredesigncd for the engagement of rings G; which are attached to the ends of the traces H.

Springs f, upon the pins F, prevent the accidental disengagement of rings G from off said pins.

Either .or both ends of the shaft E may project through the brackets .1), as am, so as to permit the engagement therewith of-a volutc spring, I, whose action upouthe "shaft is such as to rotate it, andcause the pins 1* to assume a horizontal position the momentthe detaching device'is liberated.

The spring may be secured within a suitable casing, so as to prevent it'being injured by contact with any obstacle, or, if preferred,this-form of spring may be dispensed with, and a simple platespriug, similar tothat shown at I, in fig. 2, can be substituted Projecting rcarwardly from the rock-shaft E is an arm, J, whose free end has an' eye, j, for the attachment of a cord, K, which, after passingaround a sheave, L, and through an aperture, to, in the floor of the vehicle, is secured to an angular plate, N.

Secured to some elevated part of the carriage is a stud, O, which is inserted in an orifice, a, of plate N,

butthis-platefits so looselyupon the stud that it In order to facilitate the proper manipulation of plate N it may be furnished .with a handle, P, from which a cord,'R-, can extend to the rear part of the carriage.

Secured to the plate 0, by the bolts 0, and also to theaxle B, is the tongue S, having the customary tip s and book '1.

U is a neck-yoke, whose bowed or curved portion it supports the hook T, and the, ends of said. yoke have attached to them thebreast-straps V V.

W are braces, which may extend from axle .B to the plate C.

In the normal condition of the apparatus the arm J- is depressed, and the plate N is engaged with the stud O, and it is' only in this position of the various partsthat the horses can be attached to the vehicle,

which is accomplished in the following manner:

. position, and prevents their accidental displacement.

The breast-straps V V. are then attached in the customary manner.

The moment the horses attempt to run away, the driver, or any other occupant of the vehicle, has

only to'withdraw plate l\ from stud- 0, either by handle P or cord R, and there being no longer anything to retain the shaft E in the position shown in fig. 1, itinstantly assumes the position shown in fig. 2, partially-by the 'action of spring I, and partially by the stress of the team upon pins F.

In this last position of the rock-shaft the rings G imm'ediatelydisengage themselves from the pins F, the yoke Uslips oh the end of tongue S, and the horses are permitted to run ofi from the vehicle without endangering the lifeor limb of the occupants.

, When a single horse is to be hitched to a vehicle,

only two of the pins F f will be required.

Whenever there is sufiicient room beneath the carriage body, the bearings D D may be secured to the upper side of axle B.

Clat'nt. I claim asmy invention- The combination, substantially as described, of bearings I) D, rock-shaft E, pins 1* f, springs I or I,

'arm'J j, cord K, pulley E, retaining device 'N a, and stud 0, for the object explained.

1 In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

' ANTON SOHMITT.

Witnesses:

WM; BAUER, JAMES H. LAYMAH. 

